Five tools that I use to teach my toddler at home

Keeping a toddler busy at home is no easy task. They need constant engagement in some activity and if you can teach them using a variety of interesting tools, you can see it for yourself that they absorb everything you tell them, like a sponge. I teach my 2.4 year old toddler using different objects…

How I choose safe and harmless baby products for my daughter

As a first time mom I simply cannot express here, how nervous I feel every time I am trying a product first time on my baby. Whenever I buy a new product, I spend at least few hours to read the reviews, read the ingredients, understand the ingredient and its purposes, what it does for…

How to keep your toddler occupied while you are busy

Children just love to copy everything we do and most of us know this. But what many don’t know is, how to use this as an advantage and help them grow and learn things, while we are busy. I make my daughter do whatever I do. Of course, only age appropriate activites. I let her…

Positive Parenting Lessons

I realized something beautiful as a parent a few days ago. My daughter, Ishaana, is now in this stage, where she is so curious about pens and papers. She can recognize alphabets, numbers 1-20 and few shapes. She started scribbling on papers and now eventually she has started writing on walls and other surfaces. I…

Babies and emotions

I slowly opened my eyes and reached for my phone to check the time. It showed 11:25 am. I still felt very tired. I could feel that my neck pain has grown worse than the previous day. My shoulder was hurting too. Why wouldn’t it? I had walked for almost 40 minutes carrying my toddler…

Screen time – Rules of the home

In my previous post, I had agreed that, we do allow our daughter little screen time when we are left with no choice. We let her watch some nursery rhymes and other educational programs for 15 to 20 minutes a day when we have to do a quick personal and important tasks like taking a…

A day at Dow Gardens and what to pack for toddlers for short day trips

Last Sunday was such a pleasant day with perfect weather conditions and we decided to spend it at Dow Gardens in Midland,MI. My daughter had just recovered from fever and cold and I dressed her up with more layers of clothes so that she is warm enough not to feel any discomfort or catch some…

Born Reading – Book Review

I found this book, Born Reading by Jason Boog from our local library. I am so thankful I found this treasure. This book is a must-have for all parents, who wish to raise a reader. If you want to inculcate reading habit in your little bud, then please get a copy of this! It talks…